Mayakaya, Maya-kaya, Māyākāyā, Māyākāya: 1 definition
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Mayakaya means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: WikiPedia: VajrayanaMāyākāyā (मायाकाया) [or Māyādeha] (Tibetan: སྒྱུ་ལུས, gyulü, Wylie: sgyu lus) refers to the “Yoga of the illusory body” and represents one of Nāropa’s Six Dharmas (ṣaḍdharma) in Tibetan Buddhist Tantric practices .—According to Gampopa’s Closely Stringed Pearls, the practice of Illusory Body (sgyu lus, *mayadeha or *mayakaya) is done by assuming a meditative posture and meditating by looking at one’s body in a mirror, contemplating how it has an illusory nature. [...] Another meditation manual by Gampopa states that one should meditate on reality as being dreamlike before doing the mirror practice.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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